István Pásztor (politician)

The native form of this personal name is Pásztor István. This article uses the Western name order.

István Pásztor
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2012
Preceded by	Sándor Egeresi
Vice President of Provincial Government in charge of Economy
In office 2008–2012
Provincial Secretary of Privatisation, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
In office 2000–2008
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-20) 20 August 1956 Novi Kneževac, SFR Yugoslavia
Citizenship	Serbian
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alma mater	Novi Sad Law School
Religion	Roman Catholic

István Pásztor (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈpaːstor]; Serbian: Ištvan Pastor / Иштван Пастор; born 20 August 1956 in Novi Kneževac) is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia. He graduated from the Novi Sad Law School. Currently, Pásztor is chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians party and president of the Assembly of Vojvodina. He was formerly a leader of the Hungarian Coalition, which also included two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia.

Pásztor was the candidate of the Hungarian Coalition at the 2008 Serbian presidential election. He won 2.26% of the vote in the first round, and supported Boris Tadić in the second round.

External links

• (Hungarian)/(Serbian) Hungarian Coalition
• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons